Trying on the new Teksi Madani launched by prime minister Anwar Ibrahim in the present day, you should have observed a brand new quantity plate caught onto the specially-outfitted Proton S70 Premium models. That is just like the JPJePlate that was launched for EVs again in September 2024, albeit with a couple of particulars that mark this explicit plate out as being for ride-hailing automobiles.
The Teksi Madani plate continues to be an embossed aluminium panel, retaining its European-inspired design with the German FE-Schrift font, reflective white paint and “MAL” tag and flag on the left aspect. Curiously, the Jalur Gemilang has lastly been corrected with 14 stripes, slightly than 13 (lacking the underside white stripe) on the EV model.
Nonetheless, the black lettering has been substituted for crimson, and it additionally loses the “genuine” hot-stamped watermark on the entrance plate. The aforementioned tag can be now gray as an alternative of inexperienced, though the “safe” hologram stripe bordering it stays.
Different security measures which have been retained embody a novel “digital signature” QR code, a laser-engraved serial quantity and “entrance” and “rear” engravings to indicate which aspect the plate needs to be dealing with. There’s additionally the (as but unused) RFID tag on the entrance and holes on both finish to connect safety screws, though these are lined by stickers as is typical for precise real-world functions.
The brand new plate is joined by a brand new quantity sequence particular for Teksi Madani, with GET standing for Gabungan E-hailing dan Teksi. As the complete title suggests, the transfer is a part of a “taxi renewal” scheme that goals to modernise the business by narrowing the hole between taxis and e-hailing providers like Seize.
At current, Malaysian taxis use black-on-white quantity plates not too dissimilar to the EV plates, albeit nonetheless created from acrylic. The identical plates are used for rental service vehicles (kereta sewa), though taxis are differentiated by the H quantity sequence.
The federal government has but to substantiate whether or not taxi drivers might want to fork out RM98 for the higher-tech plate, as EV drivers do. It additionally stays to be seen if it has resolved the provision problem that has hampered the issuance of latest plates, to the purpose that many new EV house owners have needed to fall again to the normal black acrylic plates – despite the fact that the JPJePlate was presupposed to be obligatory for these automobiles.
The excellent news is, the adoption of the JPJePlate by Teksi Madani hopefully means we gained’t have to attend (too) lengthy now earlier than the standardised quantity plate scheme is expanded to all automobiles, as was the acknowledged aim throughout the launch of the plate.
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